Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 21

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Tia didn’t wait for Audrey to reply.

She spoke with a nagging tone, “Audrey, please persuade your grandfather. We really don’t want to ruin his reputation, and yours, by bringing this onto the show. He’s a university professor, isn’t he? Won’t his reputation as an educator be tarnished if this blows up?”

Audrey’s face darkened, “What do you want?”

“I heard professors are given houses by the university. Ask your grandfather to transfer a house to your brother Adam. If not, buy him a villa in Sheysea and a car worth half a million dollars. The car isn’t our demand. It’s what the bride’s family wants.”

Tia continued, “They’re also asking for a wedding gift of 660 thousand dollars. Your mother was your grandfather’s only child. Now that she’s gone, he only has Adam.

belong to Adam. If he’s holding onto his wealth so Adam doesn’t inherit what’s rightfully his, your mother would

in a calm voice, “You tortured my birth mother to death! If Mr. Lambert

the phone!” bellowed Wayne Yeomans, Audrey’s biological father. He couldn’t contain his anger

I being too nice to you? Don’t think I can’t see that you’re keeping Mr. Lambert from seeing Adam so you can

Jolin Watson’s family. But your sister couldn’t bring

promising to bring Audrey back to bear his children. If you kill

I want her dead, she has no right to live. That’s just how it is!” Wayne yelled

us the money, and buy him the car, I’ll

nasty. He sounded as vicious as Audrey remembered him being when he beat her and her mother in the cellar, a

others.